The most personal film by Guillermo del Toro is also among his most frightening and emotionally layered. Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, The Devil’s Backbone tells the tale of a ten-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets. Del Toro effectively combines gothic ghost story, murder mystery, and historical melodrama in a stylish concoction that reminds us—as would his later Pan’s Labyrinth—that the scariest monsters are often the human ones.

funny how we all get so bent out of shape when other companies (Shout! Factory, etc) create their own cover art, yet Criterion, who almost never use original poster art, are never berated for the same issue.

EDIT: just checked the Criterion website, and noticed that this release is spine # 666. no way that's a coincidence.

And a bunch of others like BLOW OUT, MEDIUM COOL, RUSHMORE, HOUSE, etc. Beats waiting for the B&N sale, plus no tax! (I grabbed Melville's LEON MORIN, PRIEST, too, because it's OOP. Not sure I'll ever watch it, but at least I'll have it if the mood arises, haha.)

I wish I could take advantage of this sale but with the duty and Shipping costs to Canada this deal isn't much of a deal. I will wait for the Barnes and Noble sale which ends up being cheaper for us up here.

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Originally Posted by buck135

Am I the only one that desperately wants Criterion to finally release The Life Aquatic on blu-ray already? It's the only Wes Anderson film not on blu, and it's a favorite of mine.